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| Buckwheat Zydeco New CD due in stores June 7 The Bayou’s barnstorming bandleader, Buckwheat Zydeco, is back with his first studio disc in eight years,due in stores June 7. The album, titled Jackpot!, on Tomorrow Recordings (distributed through ADA), combines soulful original tunes, inspired playing and singing, and the trademark exuberance that’s made him the world’s best-loved zydeco artist, and has earned Buckwheat Zydeco the sobriquet “the world’s greatest party band.” There’s plenty of Buckwheat’s signature accordion, and for the first time ever Buck specifically features his soulful mastery of the horizontal keyboard on a three-song Hammond B3 “Encore featuring Organic Buckwheat.” Jackpot! opens with the strutting accordion-, organ- and horn-laced original “I’m Gonna Love You Anyway” before swinging into “It Must Be Magic,” a tune that leads into a string of great new songs showcasing Grammy nominee and Emmy winner Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr. and his long-time touring band. The sweetly funky title cut and the slinky guitar breaks of “Rock, Boogie, Shout!” are due for road tests at festivals, theaters and clubs across the U.S. and Canada during the months ahead. Zydeco fans can expect more of the rootsy boogie that fuels “Come And Get Yourself Some” and the Creole French “Old Times La La” on the album, two of nine accordion-led originals on the disc. “It was great to get back in the studio with a batch of new song ideas and my band,” Dural notes. The band contains longtime stalwart, Lee Allen Zeno, on bass and vocals; the legendary Paul “Lil’ Buck” Sinegal, and Olivier Scoazec, lead guitars; Buckwheat’s son Sir Reginald Master Dural on rubboard and vocals; Gerard St. Julien on drums; and Curtis Watson, trumpet. Catherine Russell, who tours regularly with the likes of David Bowie and Jackson Brown, provides background vocals. The record is Dural’s third on his own Tomorrow Recordings label, which is distributed by Alternative Distribution Alliance. Buckwheat Zydeco’s trailblazing sound incorporates soul, blues and southwestern Louisiana’s Creole French zydeco music. The band comes from a land of rich cultures and heady influences, and they’ve taken their music to an unprecedented and ever-expanding number of international venues. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |